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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
National Research Council (U.S.). Committee on the Strategic Assessment of the U.S. Department of Energy’s Coal Program.
Coal: energy for the future / Committee on the Strategic Assessment of the U.S. Department of Energy’s coal program.
p. cm.
John P. Longwell, chair; Edward S. Rubin, vice-chair.
Includes bibliographical references.
1. Coal—United States. 2. Coal—Government policy—United States. I. Longwell, John P. II. Rubin, Edward S. III. Title.
TP326.U6N385 1995
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Copyright 1995 by the National Academy of Sciences. All rights reserved.
Printed in the United States of America
Cover photograph courtesy of NASA.
COMMITTEE ON THE STRATEGIC ASSESSMENT OF THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY'S COAL PROGRAM*
JOHN P. LONGWELL, Chair, Professor Emeritus,
Department of Chemical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge
EDWARD S. RUBIN, Vice-Chair, Professor, Mechanical Engineering and Public Policy, and Director, Center for Energy and Environmental Studies,
Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
MORREL H. COHEN, Senior Scientific Advisor,
Corporate Research Science Laboratories, Exxon Research and Engineering Company, Annandale, New Jersey
A. DENNY ELLERMAN, Executive Director,
Center for Energy and Environmental Policy, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge
ROBERT D. HALL, General Manager,
Alternative Feedstock Development Department, Amoco Corporation, Naperville, Illinois
JOHN W. LARSEN, Professor,
Department of Chemistry, Lehigh University, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania
PETER T. LUCKIE, Associate Dean for Research,
College of Earth and Mineral Sciences, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park
MAURICE D. McINTOSH, Vice President,
Fossil/Hydro Generation, Duke Power Company, Charlotte, North Carolina
GEORGE T. PRESTON, Vice President,
Generation, Electric Power Research Institute, Palo Alto, California
ERIC H. REICHL, Consultant,
Princeton, New Jersey
LARRY D. WOODFORK, Director and State Geologist,
West Virginia Geological and Economic Survey, Morgantown, West Virginia
JOHN M. WOOTTEN, Vice President,
Engineering and Environmental Services, Peabody Holding Company, Inc., St. Louis, Missouri
Liaisons from the Board on Energy and Environmental Systems
LARRY PAPAY, Vice President and Manager of Research and Development,
Bechtel Group, Inc., San Francisco, California
HAROLD H. SCHOBERT, Chairman,
Fuel Sciences Program, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park
Project Staff
MAHADEVAN MANI, Director
JAMES ZUCCHETTO, Senior Program Officer
JILL WILSON, Study Director
WENDY ORR, Project Assistant
ANN COVALT, Consulting Editor
* | Martha W. Gilliland, Vice Provost for Academic Affairs, University of Arizona, Tucson, served on the committee from October 1993 through April 1994. |
BOARD ON ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL SYSTEMS
H. M. (HUB) HUBBARD, Chair, President and Chief Executive Officer,
Pacific International Center for High Technology Research (PICHTR), Honolulu, Hawaii
RICHARD A. MESERVE, Vice-Chair, Partner,
Covington & Burling, Washington, D.C.
STEPHEN D. BAN, President and Chief Executive Officer,
Gas Research Institute, Chicago, Illinois
ROBERT D. BANKS, Program Director,
Technology and Environment, World Resources Institute, Washington, D.C.
ALLEN J. BARD, Professor,
Department of Chemistry, University of Texas at Austin
BARBARA R. BARKOVICH, Partner,
Barkovich and Yap,
Consultants,
San Rafael, California
JAN BEYEA, Chief Scientist,
National Audubon Society, New York, New York
DAVID E. DANIEL, L.B. (Preach) Meaders Professor of Civil Engineering,
Department of Civil Engineering, University of Texas at Austin
LINDA C. DOLAN, Staff Environmental Officer,
Martin Marietta, Electronics and Missiles, Orlando, Florida
FRANCOIS HEUZE, Head,
Geotechnical Programs, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, California
ROBERT L. HIRSCH, Consultant,
Washington, D.C.
CHARLES D. KOLSTAD, Professor,
Department of Economics, University of California-Santa Barbara
JANE C.S. LONG, Staff Scientist,
Earth Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory, Berkeley, California
S. L. (CY) MEISEL, Vice President,
Research (Retired), Mobil R&D Corporation, Princeton, New Jersey
SHLOMO NEUMAN, Regent's Professor,
Hydrology and Water Resources, University of Arizona, Tucson
THOMAS D. O'ROURKE, Professor,
Civil and Environmental Engineering, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York
LARRY T. PAPAY, Vice President and Manager of Research and Development,
Bechtel Group, Inc., San Francisco, California
RUTH A. RECK, Director,
Global Climate Change Program, Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, Illinois
MARC H. ROSS, Professor,
Physics Department, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
HAROLD H. SCHOBERT, Chairman,
Fuel Sciences Program, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park
JOEL SPIRA, Chairman and Director of Research,
Lutron Electronics Co., Inc., Coopersburg, Pennsylvania
JON M. VEIGEL, President,
Oak Ridge Associated Universities, Oak Ridge, Tennessee
Liaisons for the Commission on Engineering and Technical Systems
JOHN A. TILLINGHAST, President,
Tiltec, Portsmouth, New Hampshire
JOHN B. WACHTMAN, JR., Sosman Professor of Ceramics,
Rutgers University, Piscataway, New Jersey
Board on Energy and Environmental Systems Staff
SUSANNA CLARENDON, Administrative Assistant
THERON FEIST, Project Assistant
HELEN JOHNSON, Administrative Associate
MAHADEVAN MANI, Director
AMELIA MATHIS, Project Assistant
WENDY ORR, Project Assistant
JILL WILSON, Program Officer
TRACY WILSON, Senior Program Officer
JAMES ZUCCHETTO, Senior Program Officer